1. Confidence Building Recap The Beginnings Confidence Under ComfortableOver Positive Thinking Positive Actions We created some simple TIPS e.g. Don’t worry about making mistakes Did you take any ACTIONS??

2. Recall The Simple Tips Activity  Activity (Alone or in Pairs) If you were asked to produce a self help guide to confidence building what SIMPLE tips might you suggest? A simple tip is something that you can do without anyone else being involved. For example: wear something you like

3. Possible Tips See (and use) hand-out  Do at least one thing you enjoy every day  Get involved in something  Set yourself a challenge  Do something you’ve been putting off  Don’t worry about making mistakes  Compliment yourself  Don’t compare yourself with others To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

4. Confidence Building And Body Language  What is body language?  Can you demonstrate: Positive body language? Negative body language?  How does this relate to your confidence?

5. Confidence Building And Positive Body Language  Helps you to make a good impression: Eye to eye contact Response to a greeting Seeming at ease Concentration (not distracted) Friendly / Communicative You may feel under confident BUT Do you have to look it?????

6. Confidence Building Moving Forward PastPresentFuture ThingsWhereThings havewe arecould happenednowhappen

7. Confidence Building Moving Forward  Activity Can you think of some bigger (future building) things that you could do that would help you to build your confidence ? Try to think of 3 different possibilities

8. Confidence Building Bigger things that can help:  A job  A group  Volunteering  A course  Organising something  Learning a new skill  Involvement in sport  All have: Positives And Negatives

9. The Bigger Things ALL have positives and negatives  Activity In Pairs Take a card Identify as many POSITIVES Identify the NEGATIVES Are there any similarities????

10. Confidence Building Positives of getting a job?  In relation to the value of a work: Financial security Friendships Purpose Structure and routine Responsibility Experience (moving forward)  Similar to????

11. Confidence Building Negatives of getting a job?  Commitment (family v work)  Responsibility (too much)  Stress  Some individuals (maybe manager)  Trapped (not enjoying it)  Cliques (not well in)  Similar to??????

12. Overcoming Negatives Positive Things?  How might YOU deal with the negatives? These are the challenges to confidence  Activity: Think of a practical problem / challenge that you have faced and how you dealt with it. What did you do? What skills / attributes does it show?

13. About Yourself  Activity: Identify and jot down: 2 strengths that you know you have 2 skills that you know you have 2 weaknesses that you think you have A compliment to yourself

14. About Yourself  Do you find it difficult to: Give compliments? Accept compliments? Determine your skills? Determine your weaknesses?  Why? Maybe there is a poisoned parrot?

15. To Conclude Remember to:  Be active Nothing happens if you do nothing  Think about your strengths We all have something  Admit to your strengths  Think where you can get support People, classes…..